EC-CHAP Film Series: "Trane Tracks: The Legacy of John Coltrane" (Unrated) 2005
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“I think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of the people” – John Coltrane
Trane Tracks: The Legacy of John Coltrane is a Brit-produced documentary covering the life of the musician of the title. Coltrane himself needs little introduction, given his virtual invention of hard bop with the breakthrough albums Blue Train (1957), Giant Steps (1959), Coltrane Plays the Blues (1960), and My Favorite Things (1960) among dozens and dozens of others. Within a remarkably brief span, Coltrane became - along with Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, and Dizzy Gillespie - one of the founding fathers not simply of bop but of the jazz idiom per se.
Through exclusive interviews, video clips and rare photos, this monumental DVD uncovers the life and career of one of the most influential and revolutionary musicians of the 20th Century, Tenor and soprano saxophonist John Coltrane. Considered to be jazz’s great soul searcher, Coltrane was on a continual quest to uncover new musical terrain, and in his search, he forever changed the face of jazz as he himself evolved.
This eighty-minute program draws upon extensive performance and archival footage, and countless interviews with McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Ron Carter, Benny Bailey, and Eddie Marshall shed considerable light on the man. Features footage of Coltrane on: So What (with Miles Davis); Afro Blue; Alabama; Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye; Naima; Impressions; Impressions (featuring Eric Dolphy); My Favorite Things; and My Favorite Things (featuring Eric Dolphy). Also includes video clips of Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Hodges, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk, Art Ensemble of Chicago, and Elvin Jones Quartet.
This film is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.
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